40-year-old murder case solved

It has been 40 years since a Maryland man murdered a mother of four. The family finally has justice. After entering an Alford plea in July to a second-degree murder charge in 1982 over the killing of 28-year-old Laney Lee McGadney, Howard Jackson Bradberry Jr., 64, was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison by Howard County Circuit Court Judge Richard Bernhardt. Alford pleas allow defendants to maintain their innocence while acknowledging that prosecutors have …

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